Ktktgr to pbevent noctubnal emissions



IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. D. SIBLEY, OF NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RING- TO PREVENT NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,739, dated April 22, 1856.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, L. D. SIBLEY, of Northampton, in the county ofHampshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rings for Preventing Nocturnal Emissions; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure l, is an end view of the ring atpresent used. Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3,represents an end view of the ring as improved by me. Fig. 4, is alongitudinal section of the same, through the line m, m, in Fig. 3, Fig.5, is a similar section through the line y, y, in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

My invention relates to an improvement in the ring commonly employed forpreventing nocturnal emissions, and the object of the same, is, 1st, toprevent as far as possible the irritation of the penis and parts of thebody bearing a close relation thereto, during the time the ring isapplied and while the organ is not excited and distended. And 2nd, tofacilitate the removal of the ring and to avoid the necessity of forcingthe spurs on the ring into the penis deeper than they have alreadyentered by reason of the distension of the organ, in order to unclaspit.

The nat-ure of said invention consists in the peculiar mannerhereinafter shown and described of constructing the ring whereby theabove mentioned results are accomplished, and also the objection to theuse of the ring for the purpose intended is overcome, said ring, as maybe known, being employed for the purpose of pricking the penis onlysufHcient-ly hard to Aawaken the patient and warn him of danger, as soonas the organ begins to distend and erect itself and before any evilconsequence insues.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it.

In constructing the ring, A, I employ two wires a, a, bent in the formof a circle; these wires I connect together by a series of cross linkso, b, which are stamped out with three eyes c, e, d, which have theirends f, f, bent at right angles and pointed. The ends j", f, of theselinks point toward the center of the ring and serve for pricking thepenis when excited and distended. In the eye d, of the links I nextinsert a highly tempered flat spring g, in the manner shown, said springextending entirely around the ring and serving for rendering it capableof self opening as soon as unclasped. Outside of these links and on theWires, I arrange a series of small hinges la., h', which have theirsends z', z', bent at right angles toward the center of the ring, in themanner shown. The hinges h., it will be seen are arranged to move in thedirection of the arrow 1, and those it', in the direction of the arrow2, as illustrated in red. To the ends of the hinges, I attach elasticstrips m, m', which are intended to serve as guards to protect the penisand the parts of the body, bearing a close relation thereto against thesharp points or spurs f, of the links o; they also serve for confiningthe ring on the penis when not excited or distended, and are made sodelicate, that their pressure is scarcely felt by the organ. Theseguards are directly in line with the spurs f, and therefore, no matterhow restless the patient may be in sleep, they prevent irritation solong as the penis is not distended. Through these guards, which areacted upon by the penis, the hinges it, 7L', are operated, as shown inred, and by thus operating the hinges the guards are caused to moveoutward from each other in the path of a circle and thus expose thespurs which come into action soon after the organ begins to distenditself. With these guards on the ring, no matter how restless thepatient may be in sleep, irritation will not occur, so long as the penisis not distended. This is not the case with the ring at present used,illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, as may be evident, owing to the spursbeing on the extreme edge ofthe ring and no guard at all, provided. Onone end of the ring thus made, I provide a slide fn, and on theotherend, a spring catch, o. The slide n, has a number of small notchess, in one of its edges, in order that the size of the ring may beincreased or lessened, as necessary. By means of the slide n, and thecatch 0, the ring can be locked more conveniently after being applied,and also detached more readily when the penis is distended and without,in either case, the necessity of bearing inward upon the slide end ofthe ring. This is not the case with the ring shown in fFigs. l and .2,as maybe evident `from the Villustration by dottedv lines, in saidfigures. This is owing to the catch being operated by pressure exertedin4 aline parallel with the axis of the ring in the former case, andbypressure exerted 'iin a line at right angles thereto in the latter.

The objection tothe latter-mode `ofoperation is that one or more of thespurs vare-- necessarily forced into the penis to afgreater depththanthey have `already-entered by reason of the distension of theorgan,.and also that the ,ring cannot be removed as speedily .as desiredafter the organ. has become distended.

What I claim as my invention. and 'desire vto securev by Letters Patent,is,

1. 'The combinationof an Yelastietstrip or :strips with an internallytoothed ring, in

such avv manner that the strip or strips shall serve as :a protectionagainst the teeth until the distension of the penis takes place, whenit.or1they Will yield to said distension and nallow the teeth of thering to act, substantiallyasy andfor the purpose set forth.

-2. I also claim forming the notches in the edge of the slidevn, incombination with the spring catch o, arranged Aand.operatingsubstantiallyas and for thepurpose described.

' L. rD. SIBLEY.

Witnesses ADDIs 1 GILLET, D. F. MoR'roN.

